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Deron Williams nearly went a whole game without injuring himself and those inflamed ankles. When he finally came up limping Sunday, it couldn’t have come at a worse time. With Brook Lopez and Joe Johnson on the bench for separate reasons, Williams thrived for much of the 76-72 loss to the Grizzlies – scoring a game-high 24 points on 9-of-15 shooting.